A few odds & ends connected with the famous
Louis D. Statham Chess Tournaments (in all its
many forms) collected over the years...

Note: All of these new listings are for preview only...
Some will be priced and made directly for sale
on my chess websites. The rest will be put up
for sale on eBay. Lastly, some of it is for my
personal core chess library and the remainder
to be donated to California Chess History.

The very first Lone Pine Chess Tournament
Book produced as a labor of love in 1972...

The signatures of the chess fans that made the
1972 Lone Pine Chess Tournament Book possible.
They are listed from top to bottom respectively...
Note: This book was Privately Printed -- Wayne R.
Smith was the graphic artist & all of the others made
valuable contributions to completion (collecting the
game scores, transcribing all the scoresheets, etc.)...

Dennis Fritzinger

Steve Sawyer

Wayne R. Smith

John Grefe

Dennis Waterman

Mary Lasher

The Lone Pine Tournament Book produced
in 1975 (one of three color covers produced).

Note: The year 1980 was the last that I was involved
with either working as the Bulletin Editor or helping
to arrange for a Graphic Artist (Mimi McIntosh) to
supply the front cover artwork which she did for the
years 1979 & 1980. The famous "Lone Pine Louis D.
Statham Chess Tournaments" ran from 1971 to 1981...

"The Best of Lone Pine - The Louis D. Statham
Chess Tournaments 1971 - 1980" by IM John Grefe
and National Master Dennis Waterman // Forward
by GM Florian Gheorghiu...

Personal signed dedication to my library copy of "The Best of Lone Pine" by IM John Grefe.